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EXCLUSIVE: An intriguing new student is coming to Mystic Falls High this fall. The Fosters alumna Bianca Santos is set for a pivotal recurring role on the upcoming second season of the CW drama series Legacies. Santos will play Maya, a sharp-tongued and flirtatious new student at Mystic Falls High, the sister of Ethan…

EXCLUSIVE: Maggie Kiley, who directed the pilot for the CW’s new series Katy Keene, is expanding her relationship with the studio behind the project, signing a new, exclusive, multi-year overall deal at Warner Bros TV. Under the pact, Kiley will render director and executive producer services for the studio, in…

A new villain is headed to Central City. Former Heroes star Sendhil Ramamurthy is set for the recurring role of Dr. Ramsey Rosso, aka DC villain Bloodwork, in the upcoming sixth season of the CW’s The Flash. Cast and producers revealed the casting news today during the show’s Comic-Con panel in San Diego. Ramamurthy’s…

Two new cast members are heading to National City for Supergirl‘s upcoming fifth season, which will also see a new look for Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl (Melissa Benoist). Kara (Benoist) will be sporting a new Kryptonian supersuit this season — the first revamp since her co-worker, friend, and confidante Winn Schott…

We’ll be seeing more of Mia Smoak in the final season of Arrow. Katherine McNamara, who joined the cast of the CW's DC drama as recurring in season 7, has been promoted to a series regular for its eighth and final season. Details of McNamara’s character were kept pretty tightly under wraps last season, but her…

Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman’s short-form video platform Quibi has put in development The Fugitive, from Scorpion creator Nick Santora, Thunder Road Films, 3 Arts Entertainment and Warner Bros. TV. The Fugitive is a new take on the classic title, which Warner Bros. owns. The studio previously produced the 1993…

UPDATE, 4 PM: It’s official. Netflix has given an 11-episode series order to The Sandman, based on Neil Gaiman’s DC comic, from Warner Bros TV. Allan Heinberg (Wonder Woman, Grey's Anatomy) is slated to write and serve as showrunner on the series. Gaiman will executive produce alongside David Goyer. "We're thrilled to…

Ever the juggernaut at San Diego Comic-Con, Warner Bros. Television Group is bringing the goods next month with world premieres and panels for its new series Batwoman and Pennyworth, and its Hulu Veronica Mars comeback, but also saying farewell to departing shows Arrow and Supernatural. The shows are part of, count…

Warner Bros. Television has set its scripted development and current programming leadership in the wake of several promotions and executive departures. Longtime head of drama development Clancy Collins-White will continue in her role with a title bump from SVP to EVP, Drama Development. The studio’s comedy VP Adrienne…

Warner Bros. Television's head of New York casting, VP Meg Simon has retired after nearly two decades with the studio and a career of more than 40 years as a casting director and executive in television, theatre and motion pictures. WBTV casting VP Findley Davidson — who has worked closely with Simon for 12 years at…

Veteran Warner Bros. Television Group executives Susan Rovner and Brett Paul, most recently Presidents of Warner Horizon Scripted Television, have been promoted to Presidents of Warner Bros. Television, the group’s flagship scripted programming production unit. Both will continue to serve as Presidents of Warner…

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran writer-producer Robby Hull, who served as co-executive producer on the first season of CBS' drama series God Friended Me, has been promoted to executive producer and co-showrunner for season 2. Hull will serve as co-showrunner alongside God Friended Me creators/executive producers Steven Lilien and…